（英语）英语综合训练题（0311）

（英语）英语综合训练题（0311）

综合训练题（0311）

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第一部分阅读理解（共两节）

第一节（共15小题）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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Experience the Colorado River the Hualapai Way!

River Runners Offers the ONLY One Day White-water Trip ANYWHERE at the

GRAND CANYON!

Since 1973, Hualapai River Runners has been conducting white-water rafting（漂流）journeys on the Colorado River. Our experienced guides expertly sail along the river and share the history of the Canyon and the Hualapai people with you.

Visitors experience the excitement of white-water rapids and then stop to enjoy the impressive beauty of Travertine falls and a tasty lunch. No charge for children 2 years and Under．One—Day Trip

Retail（单价）$249.00+$79.00(helicopter and round-trip ground transportation)

White-water rafting tours begin in Peach Springs. Hualapai River transports you to Diamond Creek, which is the starting point for the 37-mile rafting tour. Lunch is included and upon arrival at the rafting tour termination（终点）point，fly out of the Grand Canyon by helicopter to Grand Canyon West.

Two—Day Trip

Retail$549.00+$79.00(helicopter and round-trip ground

transportation)

Two-day rafting trips with one night on the Colorado River. All supplies and meals are included. Two days in the Grand Canyon, on the Colorado River, allow more time to explore one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

Tours Include：

·Round—trip transportation from Peach Springs to the starting point and from the termination point back to Peach Springs.

·Snack, drinks and lunch(vegetarian meals available upon request).

·Waterproof dry bags for storing your cameras, sunscreen, dry clothes, etc.

The helicopter part of transportation is weather permitting. If the helicopter transportation is cancelled because of bad weather, the raft will continue an additional two hours to South Cove and a maximum $20.00 per customer will be given back.

Special website booking rate 15% off rafting in June. So book now!

Call us Toll Free Today! Tel:1-888-868-9378

1. Where do white-water rafting tours start?

A. Travertine Falls.

B. The Grand Canyon.

C. Diamond Creek.

D. Grand Canyon West.

2. It can be learned from the text that________.

A. the guides can help you learn sailing

B. t he Grand Canyon is well-known for its history

C. t he helicopter transportation can save you three hours' time

D. the cost includes snack, drinks and lunch.

3. Which of the following is available when the helicopter transportation is cancelled?

A. The bus.

B. The raft.

C. The train.

D. The boat.

B

New research shows that all work and no play is not only less fun for children, but could leave them poorer in later life. A study presented to the Royal Economic Society's annual conference concludes that teenagers judged to be the most popular at school are also likely to earn noticeably bigger salaries than their former classmates.

Economists from the University of Sussex analysed findings from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, a 15-year research project charting the fortunes of a group of thousands of teenagers who attended high schools in the US in the mid-1990s. Among questions about topics ranging from their physical fitness to their parents' occupation, the teenagers were asked to list their closest friends.

In cases where the researchers were able to survey the entire school, they were able to construct a map of the interconnected friendship networks to work out not only which children had most friends overall but, crucially, who was most influential. Those who had about 10 per cent more friends than average in their teens overall were earning almost 11 pet cent more in their late 20s.

Other factors such as being in the top class and even having a higher IQ score appeared to have no significant effect on the